‘Student bill mounts for North Van classe es

| SOME: ‘SECONDARY: school
“parents. can expect to be paying
“more next year for.the optional. ,
_ courses’ chosen by: their, chil-:

NORTH ace,
“SCHOOL BOARD

Bit wlio pays whi and whether:
the’ amount: will increase, varies
from school to ‘school within North:
Vancouver. School.’ ‘District "44

“NVSD- ‘school ~ board
“notification © of ’:.the

approved ; charges at: its. Tuesday;
“night | meeting.’ Oe ‘
Commente

one parent after.

looking at the approved fees:
“What's going on at Argyle?
Seventy- three Courses require fees.”

‘Superintendent of schools Robin

-Brayne. told the board. that if it

looked back to 1990-91 “increases
in most areas are somewhat mod-

Ses

However. ‘while the average é fee
“increase, is under. $6.:many of the

“new fees represent huge, percentage ‘

“increases,
PEs! 12: at Windsor goes from
4s. to $50 for | an increase of just .

~ over 11%,

But» that - same: ‘$5

‘The number of increased course

fees and .new™ course ‘fees varies”

from. scheol to school. oy
‘Carson Graham, has only “one
“increase, although its fees ia some

increase -
1 applied to dra fting at Argyle repre-
.- Sents a 100% increase.’

areas were already as high or higher
than other secondary schools,

Bur Argyle students will be hit
with 10 new fees and 12. increases.
* Fees for-an Argyle student with
wn average course load could be us,
much as $187.0

Ln addition to course fees, Argyle

_ also lists student fees. of $35 and a,

grad fee of $35.55
_ Argyle will be charging for biol-
ogy, chemisiry and physics for the
first time..in
Seycove and Sutherland. &
But it will still be more expen:
sive: to opt for -sciences., at.
Handsworth, where $15. fees are.

' already: collected’ for- biology 12

chemistry 12 and physics 12:

» PEs 12 will likely be the most
“expensive option for many students. ;
‘ranging in cost: from $45 ‘at most
schools to 0 $60 at Sutherland. ;

1995-96 ‘as will - a:

afer road oad sought

THERE WAS "strong: support ashing lights, increase the “aware-: ‘An actual signal would stop'traf-

for): a “pedestrian- controlled ;

‘ crossing, light: at 1th
and: ‘Marine’ “Drive ‘at-‘the, June |

19 ‘meeting of West. Vancouver: “

the “Ambleside and: Dundarave"'

Ratepayers, and several residents

tales: xe) trying to cross'a a wide § secs
tion ‘of Marine’ Drive that connects a

Royal mall é aréa “hides the crosswalk
and, ‘the progress of pedestrians
agit: 9.
Margaret | Davies, “who. has had |

erry

er own” “near misses" ‘making the”

“prays before’ ‘she’ crosses, and then
if-she: makes’ it; she prays again.” ;
with Sinall. ‘children

agreement « ‘that’ ae: “pedestran-cons
rolled traffic contro} 'device’should *

“be installed, even'though the'pede
-trian-control, technology will add to

stall. van: overhead illuminated.
“pedestrian’ crosswalk sign “at- 11th.

oun. Rod'.Day” objected ,, to. the
appearance of such signs :

‘Pedestrian crosswalk signs. with ;

Bock

ENDS JULY « 4°

ness of the crosswalk. but do not
help ihe pedestrian fee] more certai

fic, but delay vehicles longer and be
more expensive (roughly double the’;

“that oncoming vehicles'will gewally :
p. ‘Sometimes they don’ t

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